2. A May 15, 2018, article says that the ELD rule is "hurting the trucking industry" by "creating market distortions that hurt trucking businesses significantly, ranging from large companies to small owners in particular, and resulting in carrier capacity drops that slow our nation's core economic activity."

3. Jimmy Nevarez recorded a video of an inexpensive repair he made to a bull's eye or rock chip in his pickup truck, as an example of what could be done on the windshield of a big truck.

4. On April 16, 2018, one writer succinctly identified a "risky maneuver" made by a "mad trucker" who took it upon himself to break up a rolling log jam created by two truckers driving side-by-side on Interstate 10 in Arizona.

If another trucker is trying to pass you and doesn't quite have what it takes, temporarily lower your speed to let him/her pass.

8. A number of articles recently published address the issue of truck parking and paid parking.

A May 24, 2018, article stated, "The large commercial truck stop is the most important building block of the national rest stop location system. With electronic logging devices (ELDs) now keeping tabs on all drivers hours of service (HOS) there is an even greater need for more truck parking."

One May 29, 2018, article provided some much needed history about how the free truck parking business model is no longer working, and concluded that the "fleets [not the drivers] should be paying to park their trucks overnight" and that the "shipper ... ought to pay for the overnight storage for 80 feet and 80,000 pounds of truck."

Another May 29, 2018, article opened with this statement: "There are about 250 fewer parking spaces for large trucks on the Georgia I-75 corridor than there were 18 months ago."

Another May 30, 2018, article stated: "Truck stop chains seem to have anticipated the swelling demand [for truck parking following the ELD mandate], some converting formerly open spaces to pay-to-park spots available only with reservations. While some drivers frown on the practice -- denouncing reservation systems as a means to pad revenue at the expense of loyal customers -- truck stop chains insist the reservation option benefits drivers."

We would like to hear from any trucker who feels that the truck stop "reserve a parking spot" option -- even though expensive -- is a good one, and if so, how.

Another May 30, 2018, article addressed the correlation between paid parking with the ELD mandate. This one mentions the idea that I've had for years: using "space in or around industrial parks or warehouses [as] secure parking facilities."

9. Among the articles about how the FMCSA added "flexibility" to the "personal conveyance provision" are this one, this one, and this one.

10. A May 24, 2018, article revealed that the goal of a bill that was filed in the U.S. House "would, if passed, exempt the smallest trucking companies -- those with 10 trucks or fewer -- from compliance with the U.S. DOT's electronic logging device mandate on a permanent basis."